Monday @Mentions April 28, 2014

I'm filling in for Eddie over the next month while he's off. Enjoy!

Thread of the Week:

Discussion of the week was Q&A: Credit Analyst at +$5B Distressed Shop. @"valueisoverrated" has done a great job answering questions and has brought in almost 40 sb's in the thread alone.

Comment of the Week:

@"CorpFinanceGuy" wins again with the Comment of the Week on the thread "100k night out to celebrate a deal", the comment earned him 7 silver bananas.

Caption Contest Winner:

This week's Caption Contest winner is @"quangzizi" with 6 SB's for his caption. Congratulations you'll get a pm about your free WSO shirt soon.

Guidance Counselor:

@"Bearing" is always one to count on for a quality equity research related post. Here's his latest: "5 things to think about during an ER interview to make it sound like you know what you are talking about"

Do you want to do your own Q&A? Email me: [email protected]

Most Active Monkeys:
1. @"AcctNerd" 183, 2. @"DickFuld" 93, and 3. @"NorthSider" with 86

See where you rank here.

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I think you mean @"CorpFinanceGuy" for comment of the week?

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